Per Capita Documentary Stamp and Stock Transfer Taxes
FY 1998

Rank	State	Dollars	Rank	State	Dollars
1.	Delaware	$87.92	23.	Oregon	$5.24
2.	Florida	83.04	24.	Illinois	3.89
3.	Washington	69.72	25.	Nebraska	3.66
4.	New Hampshire	37.28	26.	West Virginia	3.33
5.	Connecticut	28.47	27.	Iowa	3.14
6.	Vermont	25.62	28.	Oklahoma	2.34
7.	Minnesota	25.44	29.	Nevada	1.53
8.	Pennsylvania	23.66	30.	Kentucky	0.88
9.	Michigan	23.21	31.	South Dakota	0.18
10.	Tennessee	20.34	32.	North Carolina	0.12
11.	Virginia	18.57	33.	Georgia	0.03
12.	New York	17.94
13.	Maryland	16.06		Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,
14.	Massachusetts	14.46		Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana,
	U.S. Average	13.14		Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
15.	New Jersey	11.40		New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio,
16.	Maine	10.84		Texas, Utah and Wyoming have no
17.	Wisconsin	7.36		documentary stamp or stock transfer
18.	South Carolina	6.83		tax.
19.	Rhode Island	6.49
20.	Arkansas	6.29		Note: Includes intangibles tax on
21.	Hawaii	5.92		mortgages and other realty transfer
22.	Alabama	5.59		or stock transfer taxes.
	Florida's 5-Year History	Rank		Dollars	% of U.S. Average
	1994	1		$66.09	676.5%
	1995	1		$56.81	637.2%
	1996	2		$63.14	737.6%
	1997	1		$67.97	673.0%
	1998	2		$83.04	632.1%

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce and Florida TaxWatch, January 2000

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